The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-10
The following is the complete ticket:

Constables-Leonard Parker, Augustus Harris. |
City Committee-Charles Z; Chase, Jason nj. |
studley, Patrick j. Cuddyer, Isaac t. Wyer, HO- |
ratio IL. Nerrill.
Delegates to Mayorslty Convention-William G. |
Davis Isaac ID. Sawyer. Thomas Il. Danahue, |
Isaac T. Wyer, John Ahern, Edgar S. Fossett, |
Maurice S. Fisher.
WARD FOUR.
The ward room in the Old City Hall was
filed to overlooking long before half-past
seven last evening. Printed tickets were
early in circulation. For delegates to the
convention there were two lists,
one for Charles Mccarthy, Jr, and the 9TH
err supposed to be for the Hon. John w.
Deering. For alderman, there was a ticket
bearing the name of Thomas Mcmahon, the
present alderman from the ward, and anoth-
er with the name of Elliott King. The most
closely contested place, however, was the
seat in the Common Council, now occupied
by Mr.. Jerome Rumery. Mr.. Rumery and
Robert A. McClntchey having tickets in the
field.
After repeated cries of "Order," go on"
ETC., from the crowd, Mr.. McAleney of the
city committee, succeeded in edging his way
to the desk, and called the meeting to order.
MIR. McAleney nominated Mr.. Edward SWEET
for chairman, and the nomination was re-
ceived with a chorus of cries for Col. Charles
B. Merrill. After the crowd had shouted the
names of their respective candidates until
they were all hoarse, show of hands set
tied the honor of presiding upon Col. Mer-
rill. Mr.. p. Ii. Mcintyre was then elected
clerk.
The next business was the nomination Of
n 70 tor oil Mr. Ellioff
said that he should like to speak for a mo-
ment, and was greeted with cries of rats
by those around him. Mr.. King was cheered.
however, when he went back ON the old
Greenback element which had put his name
on aticket for alderman, and nominated Mr..
Mcmahon. Mr.. Rumery secondedithe nomi-
nation, which was confirmed by reclamation.
Mr.. Chas. Burleigh then proposed Mr. Je-
rome Rumery for first councilman. There
was an immediate cry of mo- and "Bic-
Clutchy." A motion to proceed to ballot and
use the check list was made and adopted
although the check list did not seem to find
particular favor with the crowd. 1t was
produced, however, and the balloting was
began and finished, resulting in the nomina-
ton of Mr.. McClutchy by a vote of 90 to 6S.
The vote fer the delegates to the mayoral-
ty convention was next thrown, the result
showing that these gentlemen, supposed to
be favorable to the nomination of Mr.. Deer
ing had fifteen votes each:
Jerome Rumery, Joshua r. Emery, A. ID.
Sweetser, John S. Russell, Michael III. Hyde,
Howard L. Hall, Peter E. Sullivan.
The following ticket favorable to the nom-
ination of Mr.. Mccarthy was elected, each
receiving rs votes:
Edward III. Daveis, Thomas McMahon,
John +. Anderson, William McAleney,
Charles Il. Merrill, Michael A. Welch, Ed
ward Z. SWEET.
The vote for the second councilman re-
suited in a majority of 70 for Elliot King,
Jerome Rumery receiving one vote. John
Hollywood was then nominated for council
man by reclamation.
Col. Merrill said that he had been on the
school committe fifteen years and didn't
want to stay there any longer, but the caucus
nominated him by reclamation.
committee appointed for the purpose Sc
lected c. Nj. Cushman as candidate for war
den, and Charles Burleigh for clerk. The
selection of city committee men was left to
the delegates, and the caucus adjourned
The following is the ticket as nominated:
Aldeman-Thomas Mcmahon
Gouneilmen- Robert A. Mcclutchy Elliot King,
John Hollywood.
Warden Charles NJ. Cushman.
Clerk-Charles Buregh.
School Commit tee-Charles b. Merrill.
WARD FIVE.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
Spaulding, of the city committee, and Stephen
Z. Perry elected chairman. A number of
gentlemen refused the position of clerk, and
finally Mr. Edward Dana accepted. 1t was
then voted to proceed to nominate the dele
gates to the mayoralty convention, and
committee of three was appointed, consisting
of j. Z. Cady, S. II. Bradley and Luke New
begin, to receive votes. At that juncture
printed ballots suddenly appeared on the
scene and We're passed around in mans hat
for the voters to draw, it having previously
been decided to nominate all the delegates ON
one ballot. The result showed 40 ballots, all
for the appended ticket. The ticket is for
Mccarthy, although gentleman, not on the
ticket, said he was quite certain some of the
delegates were pledged Mr.. H. f. McAllis-
ter and Mr. John S. Russell were nominated
for aldermen, but Mr.. McAllister was unanl-
mously elected when the polling of the house
showed all but two or three favored him
The objection to Mr.. Russell, if there was
any, was owing to the fact that he had re-
sided in the ward only since last December.
Messrs. W. H. Lyons, Martin Kavanagh,
Duke Newbegin, John Moore and Paul Grant
were appointed committee to report the
rest of the ticket which was accepted. The
following are the nominations
Alderman-Henry f. McAllister
Conncilmen-Martin A. Dillingham;, Luke l..
Newbegin, Charles @. Haskell.
Warden-CharleS f. Merrill.
Ward Clerk-H. w. Roberts
Constables-James K. Morgan, Patrick O'Brion
City Committee-James ii. Bradley s. c. Perry
John e. Cady, John f. Mari, Spencer Rogers.
Delegates 10 Mayoralty Convention = George
Walker. Edmund Dana, L. L. Rogers john r.
Mari, Martin kavanagh, James E. Morgan, Chas.
o. Haskell
In Ward the caucus was called to order
and William Fl. Green was made chairman
and James E. Owen secretary On motion a
committee of three was appointed by the
chair to nominate a list of candidates for
ward officers. Messrs.sM. NJ. Riggs, Joshua
Sawyer and Sumner G. Rand were appointed
such committee. Col. A. W. Bradbury
then moved that committee Of five be an
pointed to retire and present a list of dele
gates for the mayoralty convention. The
motion prevailed, and H. w. Gage. B. F.
Chadbourne, J. j. Lynch, William HI.
Walker and John ]. Bresnan were appointed
such committee. After the chair had named
the committee, objection was made by a
member of the caucus because no working
man was on the committee. lie said he OBJ
'jected to having the blue bloods and aristo-
Gratis run this racket to suit themselves, and
they would find the thing wouldn't work.
The following gentlemen were presented
as delegates to the mayoralty conventon
A. w. Bradbury. B. f. Chadbourne, j. j.
Lynch, Fred 5. Strout, Peter 0'Connor,
William Ill. Walker, John L. Kelley.
The caucus voted to accept the report of
the committee. The vote was doubted, and
the caucus polled, resulting 81 in favor of
the delegates and 80 against
The committee to nominate ward officers
presented list, which the caucus voted to
accept, and then adjourned. The candi-
dates were:
Aldermen-Charles A. Cushing
COuncllmen-GeOrge M. Moore. Hermann
Kotzschmar, Daniel Black.
Warden-Benjamin L. Freethy
Clerk--John A. WEIGH.
School COmmittee-Hannibal H. Emery
Constables-Fred +. Sears, Augustus f. Griffin